() After Chen Jie and others were replaced, the Bulls were left with Chandler, Hinrich, Antonio Davis, Pia Cox, and Addarian Griffin on the court.
For the Magic, Francis leads a group of substitute players.
Compared to the starting lineup, this Bulls lineup is better in terms of experience. However, in terms of impact, it is not even a little bit worse than the previous lineup.
Of course, because the offensive success rate of both sides has declined, the defense of this experienced lineup is better than that of the first lineup, and the rebounding protection is also very good, so until the end of the first half, the Bulls still maintained their position.
Leading advantage.
It is worth mentioning that generally speaking, the rotation lineup will usually play for a period of time at the end of the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter to let the main lineup rest, and then basically the main players will come on at the end of the second quarter. But Skell
Si, today is really like breaking the routine.
Chen Jie's group of newcomers played the entire first quarter and did not take a break until the middle of the second quarter. However, this break lasted until the end of the first half.
Because of Skiles' arrangement, for a period of time, the Bulls actually used the second lineup to fight against the Magic's main lineup.
At that time, Karl on the sidelines thought that the Bulls' finally overtaken lead would be eroded instantly. But fortunately, several veterans of the second team did not disappoint the fans. Although the offense was not sharp enough, the defense was good enough.
Maintained the lead.
During halftime, the Bulls held an event where fans went up to the field to shoot baskets and win prizes.
And one detail once again reflects the importance the Bulls attach to Chen Jie. That is, the prize is Chen Jie’s star card.
Obviously, the Bulls want to promote Chen Jie as their number one star!
Chen Jie's performance in the first half was also very satisfactory.
Not only did he have a dunk and a difficult layup, but after the Bulls set off a fast break storm, Chen Jie also contributed several assists and steals.
Now, his data is 10 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, and 3 steals. For a rookie, this data is very dazzling in all aspects.
The flower exploration show is indeed a flower exploration show.
During the halftime break, TNT commentators Barkley and Kenny Smith, who were also broadcasting the opening game across the country, said so.
Because of Yao Ming's lesson, Barkley no longer dares to look at oriental people with yellow skin.
Kenny Smith took a look at the data and sighed.
At the same time, he also noticed another surprising statistic. That is another famous rookie, the Magic's top pick Dwight Howard, actually scored 9 rebounds in the first half!
When he pointed this data to Barkley, Barkley also exclaimed.
This guy is truly a rebounding beast!
A rebounding beast, Barkley's evaluation of Howard also spread throughout the United States after this game.
Before Okafor, another strong contender for the Rookie of the Year, had even played, Jay Sean's breakthroughs and dunks, as well as Howard's rebounds, had already shocked the United States.
At the beginning of the second half, Skiles did not use the starting lineup, but continued to use the young lineup that had good results in the first half.
Chandler, Curry, Luer Deng, Chen Jie, Du Hong.
Hinrich and Griffin are actually still very important components for the Bulls, but Hinrich's style is still a bit biased towards positional warfare. Skiles has consciously adjusted the Bulls' combination.
After resting for such a long time, these young people have recovered their physical strength quite well.
In the first six minutes of the second half, they once again set off a fast break storm.
Van Gundy still has nothing to do about this.
Even though Francis' continuous scoring prevented the Magic from opening up a big gap, the Bulls still expanded their lead to ten points during the rotation in the third quarter.
Ten points, this was originally the point difference that the Magic led the Bulls in the first quarter. But now, the Bulls have completed a twenty-point reversal in two quarters.
For these young people, this can only be described as incredible.
It wasn't until they saw the score difference that onlookers realized they had done this.
Because their offensive rhythm was so fast, they cut the flesh with a sharp knife, and before the Magic even felt pain, they were already so far ahead without even realizing it.
storm.
Karl kept smiling. After experiencing doubts about Skiles during one of his games, he now admired the coach.
Now it seems that his strange move really played a key role.
The next game seemed to replicate the first half.
The Magic's bench really has no advantage compared to the Bulls' second unit.
Francis is not a tough guy and needs rest. Once he comes off the court, the Magic can't find a good offensive method.
The ten-point advantage remained so stable until there were more than nine minutes left in the fourth quarter.
Van Gundy sent all his main players on the field and prepared to launch a general attack.
The gap of ten minutes may seem huge, but as long as the defense is good and the offense is stable, nine minutes is still enough.
Van Gundy thought so.
But, he was wrong.
He forgot that the Bulls' storm was still going on.
When the Magic replaced all their main players to face the Bulls' bench, they just narrowed the gap to six points.
Skiles also substituted Chen Jerul Deng and Du Hong on the court.
The three people who were already fully fired up were hit by another wave of impact.
Chen Jie, who was playing extremely high, even made three-pointers. Several times, he went straight to the half court and shot three-pointers directly from the fast break.
With four minutes left in the game, Chen Jie hit another 3-pointer. The Bulls' score reached 110 points, while the Magic only had 92 points.
An 18-point advantage basically spelled death for the Magic.
After another minute of play, Van Gundy gave up and replaced him on the bench.
Seeing that the Magic gave up, the Bulls did not pursue the victory, and Chen Jie and others were replaced by Scales.
At the end of the game, the Bulls beat the Magic by 23 points, 123 points to 100 points.
This gap was something that no one had thought of beforehand.
Although Francis scored 33 points and Howard scored 14 rebounds, Chen Jie scored 25 points, 6 assists, and 7 rebounds. Luol Deng also scored 24 points. Duhong scored 23 points. Three young people,
Together they scored 72 points and became the biggest contributor to the Bulls' victory today.
What Magic coach Van Gundy said at the post-game press conference also expressed the thoughts of many people after watching this game.
"Our performance today was actually good, but the only thing that failed was that we were not prepared for the young lineup that the opponent suddenly showed up. They lost confidence at the beginning, and then there was nothing we could do if we wanted to suppress it!
And this caused our failure." Storm!
In the report, everyone, including Skiles, believed that the Bulls' good start was inseparable from the three rookies.
